holding open trades

I know there can be so much of a difference in this in regaurds to what pair or where a SL is at. I have been pondering this for a while. If a person trades on 30 minute charts compared to a person that trades off 1 hr charts to the person that trades off 4 hr charts and so on. Ok now that I have said that, does the average person trading off 4 hr charts, hold a position 4 times longer than that of a 1 hr chart trader and 8 times longer than that of a 30 minute chart trader? I know I am not explaining this exactly how I want, that is normal for me.

Greetings Ren, I'll post my 2 pips worth on what i'm seeing while trading my-still-favorite 30m charts.

My model suggests i go into a trade w/3 units, taking one at xPips, the 2nd, at x+Pips, and the 3rd to let run w/a variable stop loss based on 1) automatic trailing stop, or 2) manually stop/replace as currency creates new areas of consolidation, and then breaks out in direction of prior trend.

So the short answer i'm finding on my model is typicaly when a trade goes in the direction as TA suggested, and the New York am session is "typical" in volume/volatility, 1 & 2 TPs are often hit by (all times in GMT-5) ~10:30 (after entering ~6 to 7amIsh) and the 3rd usually closes out that afternoon in a reversal.

: ) Thom

an after note: my usual 1st TP is at 22-30 pips, then moving S/L to BE+1 on remaining units, then 2nd TP is at 45-50pips, then moving S/L of remaining 3rd unit to TP-level 1, and now trail at 20-30pips depending on currency. TP's are determined via TA based on FIBOs, Harmonic Beats, 34ema tunnel/extensions on 30m chart only, not looking at other charts for 30mChart-trade typicaly.